HELP!! Wheelchair carrier hitched to TT???

BurbMan wrote:
360 lbs on the back of the TT is not impossible...some TTs have 18+% of their weight on the tongue due to their design, and a little weight behind the axles actually helps. If you want to find out go have the rig weighed and calculate the tongue weight, or use a Sherline scale under the tongue.

I will say that it's unlikely that you will able to lighten your tongue by that much. Also, you will need some serious frame fabrications to make a strong enough platform on the back of the TT, and that's IF the TT frame is strong enough to carry that extra weight that far behind the axles.

I also don't know if I would carry that much weight on a front hitch. Not to mention that a big appliance like that will obstruct vision, headlight, and be a giant bug collector.

I think your best option is the truck bed, using a winch.



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Add this folding aluminum ramp:



I would mount the hitch to the front of the truck bed and use it to pull the scooter up into the bed. For unloading, the winch has load-holding ability, I would use the winch to lower the chair down the ramp slowly.

This is probably the least expensive solution and also gives you the best load carrying option.

Morning BURBMAN. Another fantastic idea! I already have ramps similar to those pictured in your post, except mine are steel :( But I love the idea of a winch. It would have OTHER great uses in addition to my chair! I hunt, (IF possible with my MS. Symptoms sometimes change LITERALLY DAILY!) So the winch would come in handy to hoist up a harvested animal. I LOVE IT! And, may I say, I've been absolutely astonished by both the great ideas and TREMENDOUSLY quick response times from you all! Thank you SO much!! I'm VERY happy I joined this forum! A heartfelt thanks to you all again!!

Dave